Native Americans

Using both contributed essays from eminent scholars and excerpts of primary source documents with explanatory headnotes, the new reference series, American Political History, will focus on broad-based issues in American political history.

The first title in the series explores the political history of Native Americans. Through a combination of documents and analytical essays-court cases, legislation, executive branch statements and activities-Native Americans will explain a wide range of historical, political, and social issues that have impacted Native Americans since the founding of the United States.

Native Americans will explain:

• The historical and legal federal Indian policy
• Native American self-government and politics
• Social Issues like religious freedom, women′s rights, criminal justice, equal protection, welfare, and the environment
• Governing Issues such as sovereignty of tribal government, genocide, ethnocide, taxation, hunting rights, water rights, and property rights.